Older People Are More Likely To Believe Fake News - And Share It

A new study found that older people are more likely to share fake news
You might want to have a quick check-in with some of the older folks in your life. According to a new report from Science Advances , people aged 65 and older are more likely to believe and share fake news online. Soooo...yikes.
The report found that 11% of people aged 65 and older shared fake news on Facebook during the presidential election in 2016. That's more falsehoods than people between the ages of 45-65 spread. It also stacks higher than the slim 3% of people between the ages of 18-29 who shared B.S. stories on...Read more ...

Fake news shared by very few, but those over 65 more likely to pass on such stories

A small percentage of Americans, less than 9 percent, shared links to so-called 'fake news' sites on Facebook during the 2016 presidential election campaign, but this behavior was disproportionately common among people over the age of 65, according to a new study.Read more ...